this is Asia – find Japan, find USSR, find China, find Korea

USSR

China Japan

Korea

38th Parallel

warm up 4/21/15

• Look at the map on p. 836

• write the answers to the 2 questions somewhere on your Korean map note sheet

• Canvas due Weds

• Vocabulary quiz Weds

38th Parallel

Korea

Pacific Ocean

China – communist troops sent to N. Korea to push UN forces back

MacArthur openly criticized Truman for not allowing him to be more aggressive towards the Chinese, Truman fired him

War started in 1950 when communist

N.Korea invaded S. Korea

Pres. Truman asked the UN to support S.

Korea

Gen. MacArthur led UN troops to push the N. Koreans back.

Police Action ended with an armistice signed July

19536

packet of Korea work• 1st do the sheet requiring

the class set of documents: choose 1, read it answer questions in the packet then get a 2nd one.

• The rest is chapter review work

• work is due Thur 4/23/15. Tues or Weds is early and extra credit.

Warm up 4/22/15Did the US accomplish its goal in

Korea?

YESHow do you know?

S. Korea is not communist today. Communism was

contained in the NorthTake out yesterday’s notes. Circle the year the Korean Conflict

started. Circle the name of the US president

who sent troops to Korea

1. Vocab quiz2. see map & chart pages 830-831, p. 846-847, p. 852, p. 8633. Domestic policy notes during

the Cold War (next to Foreign policy T-chart notes)4. 1950’s notes & pictures on the back of the T-chart.

Vocabulary quiz1.List the 2 superpowers following WWII.

2.Define/explain what the Cold War was.

3.Churchill said that an “____ _________” has fallen across Europe.

4.The Marshall Plan was when the US sent _______ to many countries in Europe.

5.The Policy of ______________ meant that the US wanted to prevent the spread of communism.

America during the Cold War

Foreign Policy

Berlin Blockade: Professionals were leaving East Berlin

Stalin blocked all land access to West Berlin to show his disapproval of western influence in Berlin

Berlin Airlift showed American determination to stand up to him.

Marshall Plan - $$ to any country willing to not be communist

Domestic Policy

*Govt $$ for space programs & technological developments

** arms race & space race

*GI Bill – help for returning veterans

- $ for college or get job training

- loans for homes, farms or businesses

*McCarthyism – unwarranted accusations of being unpatriotic or communist

Life in the US post-WWII1. Vets got help from the government

to go to college, get home loans, job training, etc…

2. Women lost jobs & went back into the home

3. BABY BOOM!

4. Factories produced more consumer goods instead of wartime materials

5. Economy boomed

Next to each event, draw a picture to represent how life was different than during the

war.

warm up 4/23/15

• read the quote and paragraph underneath it on p. 950 and answer the reading check question

What do the Korean conflict & Vietnam War have in

common?• Why did the

US send troops to Korea?

• Why did the US get involved in Vietnam?

• To show that America would even defend small nations from the spread of communism

• To stop the spread of communism

• Ho Chi Minh was the very popular communist leader of Vietnam & the US feared he would win the election

Vietnam beginnings

• Which US president 1st sent military help to Vietnam?

• When did the US send troops?

• President Truman

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by Congress

• not a declaration of war

• US military claimed that when the N. Vietnamese fired on our naval carrier that it was an act of war

• Actual events still in question

Outcomes of the Vietnam War

• Why was the Tet Offensive important?

• What was the outcome of the Vietnam War?

• US govt reported that the end was near

• psychological victory for N. Vietnam

• N. Vietnam attacked US Embassy

• American opposition to the war

• War Powers Act passed by Congress to limit the power of the President during war time

• 26th Amendment-18 yr. olds get the right to vote

• Communism spread to the entire country

• American people lost faith in the US govt

How are the Korean & Vietnam conflicts similar?

What is TET?

Vietnamese New Year

When did the warofficially end?

April 30, 1975

• *Truman 1945-1953

• Eisenhower 1953-1961

• **Kennedy 1961-1963

• Johnson 1963-1969

• **Nixon 1969-1974

• **Ford 1974-1975

HO CHI MINH – leader of the communists in N. VietnamVietnam - split in 1954 by US & USSR agreement to contain communism in the north

In 1963, the US had 16,000militarypersonnel in Vietnam1969 – 543,000 troops

Ho Chi Minh Trail - used by North Vietnam to supply the communists in South Vietnam

Gulf of TonkinResolution – signed afterUS shipwas fired on- 1964

1973 – US agreed to a cease-fire & withdraw all troops.War was over for the US

1975 – N. Vietnam took S. Vietnam, all communist now

all of these notesgo on the Vietnam mapside of the pink Korea

map

US sent $$ in 1950 to help SouthVietnam fight the communists

In 1963, the US had 16,000militarypersonnel in Vietnam1969 – 543,000 troops

Ho Chi Minh Trail - used by North Vietnam to supply the communists in South Vietnam

Gulf of TonkinResolution – signed after US ship was fired on - 1964

Tet Offensive -huge surprise attackon cities & US militarybases by N. Vietnam-made Americans question the war

1973 – US agreed to a cease-fire & to withdraw all troops.War was over for the US

1975 – N. Vietnam took S. Vietnam, it is all communist today

ESSAY INFO

• 3 paragraphs: intro, body, conclusion

• Due Friday at the end of class

• “The Cold War caused a lot of tension between the US and the communist USSR.” The US was worried about the spread of communism. Prove this statement is true by writing about 3 different events or government policies that occurred during the Cold War.